Our in-course Insights reporting was built for Instructors to answer questions in a visual way directly in their courses through the Course Overview Widget and Class Engagement Dashboard.
Administrators are responsible for enabling these tools and granting the correct permissions to instructors. After setup is complete, instructors must add the Course Overview widget to their course home page.
Hosting requirements
The Brightspace Data Platform uses Amazon Web Services™ (AWS) for data storage. Your data is hosted in the same region as your LMS.
Configuration variables
To use the email functionality in the Class Engagement tool, enable the d2l.Tools.Classlist.DisplayUsername configuration variable.
Permissions
The following permissions are required for Course Overview and Class Engagement:
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Query Data Platform
- Must be granted at the organization level to enable the Total Logins and Tool Access reports.
- Must be granted at the course offering level to enable the Tool Access - Course Report and Course Access reports.
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See Course Overview Widget
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See Class Engagement
The following permissions are optional but recommended:
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View User Enrollments (allows users to run reports at the course level)
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See Course Info (allows users to view information such as course name, code, parent organization, start and end dates, active/inactive status, and course description)
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Tool Management > See Org Tool Management (allows users to view and toggle tools on and off for their course)
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To view predicted final grades, Student Success System (S3) must be installed. Refer to Administering Brightspace Student Success System for details.